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2003 Timeline (Chronological Order)

January

  • January 16: Columbia space shuttle launches

  • January 23: North Korea withdraws from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

  • January 30: Phil Spector arrested for murder

February

  • February 1: Columbia shuttle disintegrates over Louisiana and Texas

  • February 19: Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island 

March

  • March 1: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed captured 

  • March 12: Elizabeth Smart found alive

  • March 19: Invasion of Iraq begins

  • March 23: "Mission Accomplished" banner declared prematurely

  • March 31: Charlize Theron begins shooting Monster (Oscars later)

April

  • April 1: "Freedom Fries" stunt gains media attention

  • April 21: Nina Simone dies

May

  • May 3: New Hampshire’s “Old Man of the Mountain” collapses

  • May 15: Paul McCartney performs in Red Square

  • May: Finding Nemo released

June

  • June: 2 Fast 2 Furious released

  • June: 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ dominates charts

July

  • July: Pirates of the Caribbean premieres

  • July: Kobe Bryant arrested for sexual assault

  • July: Terminator 3 and Gigli released

August

  • August: Massive NYC power outage (August 14)

  • August: Johnny Cash’s final public appearances

September

  • September: School starts (Cypress Grove)

  • September: Michael Jordan plays last NBA game

  • September: Barry White dies

  • September: NCIS premieres

  • September: Underworld released

October

  • October: Kill Bill Vol. 1 released

  • October: Ali G Show gains popularity in the US

  • October: Siegfried & Roy tiger attack

November

  • November: Matrix Revolutions premieres

  • November: Arnold Schwarzenegger elected governor of California

  • November: Charles Bronson dies

  • November: Wicked premieres in San Francisco

  • November: The Bartman incident (NLCS Game 6)

  • November: Saddam Hussein captured

December

  • December: Return of the King premieres

  • December: Myspace launches

  • December: Lost in Translation released

Throughout 2003

  • T.A.T.u hits US charts with "All the Things She Said"

  • Paris Hilton sex tape circulates online

  • Star Wars Kid viral video

  • Punk’d becomes a hit

  • America’s Next Top Model premieres

  • Antwerp Diamond Heist

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